long-headedness

  • 1long-headedness — longˈ headˈedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑long …

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  • 2Long-headedness — Longheaded Long head ed, a. 1. Having unusual foresight or sagacity. [1913 Webster] 2. having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75. Opposite of {brachycephalic}. Syn: dolichocephalic, dolichocranal, dolichocranic. [WordNet 1.5 …

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  • 3long-headed — long headedly, adv. long headedness, n. /lawng hed id, long /, adj. 1. Anthropol. dolichocephalic. 2. of great discernment or foresight; farseeing or shrewd. Also, longheaded. [1690 1700] * * * …

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  • 4long-headed — [lôŋ′hed΄id] adj. 1. DOLICHOCEPHALIC 2. having much foresight, good sense, or shrewdness; sagacious: Also written longheaded long headedness n …

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  • 5long — 1. adj., n., & adv. adj. (longer; longest) 1 measuring much from end to end in space or time; not soon traversed or finished (a long line; a long journey; a long time ago). 2 (following a measurement) in length or duration (2 metres long; the… …

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  • 6long-headed — /ˈlɒŋ hɛdəd/ (say long heduhd) adjective 1. → dolichocephalic. 2. of great discernment or foresight; far seeing or shrewd. –long headedness, noun …

  • 7long-headed — adjective dated having or showing foresight and good judgement. Derivatives long headedness noun …

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  • 8sense — n 1. sensation, feeling, perception, awareness, Inf. living daylights, sensibility; impression, intuition, suspicion. See sensation(def. 1). 2.Usu. senses sanity, mental balance, normality, clearheadedness, coherence, sobriety. 3. appreciation,… …

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  • 9intelligence — n 1. aptitude, intellect, intellectuality, mind, mentality, brain, brains, braininess, brainpower, Inf. gray matter, Sl. smarts, reason, sense, Gk. Philos. nous; intellectualness, wit, sagacity, sageness, wisdom, sapience, sapiency, Archaic.… …

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  • 10reason — n 1. basis, cause, ground, grounds, motive, warrant, occasion, Obs. skill; inducement, inspiration, impetus, incentive; mover, prime mover, agent; instigation, incitement, provocation; stimulation, actuation, fomentation. 2. justification,… …

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